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but it's interesting, before the debate, an 82% chance of romney winning the debate. after the debate, 89%. chance to win florida, 91%. >> and a wall street journal poll, it's clear from that poll that independent voters don't like what they have been seeing at the debates, and in a matchup between barack obama and newt gingrich, barack obama wins by double digits. >> team romney is very confident, anderson. they said it was breaking their way before the debate. they believe he'll win the florida primary. it doesn't mean it's over. when newt gingrich loses, that's when he gets more aggressive. this will go on. >> i believe barack obama will eventually win florida. what do i know? i ran al gore's campaign. i can't win. >> all right. ari. >> what propelled newt in south carolina were the debate performances. in the middle of the debate, newt was going to win. tonight, you don't get the sense of surge. romney takes florida, and this is the easiest protection of them all, the giants beat the patriots. >> eric erickson. >> i think romney wins florida. if you're newt, you l
but it's interesting, before the debate, an 82% chance of romney winning the debate. after the debate, 89%. chance to win florida, 91%. >> and a wall street journal poll, it's clear from that poll that independent voters don't like what they have been seeing at the debates, and in a matchup between barack obama and newt gingrich, barack obama wins by double digits. >> team romney is very confident, anderson. they said it was breaking their way before the debate. they believe he'll...
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. >> they say mitt romney won the first debate. now pundits are also saying that second debate probably won by president obama. whoever wins the third debate, that's the one held tonight, will meet the tigers in the world series. >> that's special. >> all right. "early start" continues right now. >>> last words. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden. but we can't kill our way out of this mess. >>> with two weeks to go and with the race scary close, president obama and mitt romney stare each other down one last time and take their parting shots. >> the s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back. >> i'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. after the election he'll get more backbone. >> from rose glasses to red line to red ink did mitt romney gain any red states? >> attacking me is not an agenda. >> or did president obama zing his way to a win. >> so the question is not a game of battleship. >> we go to the scorecards on a special "early start." >>> good morning, welcom
. >> they say mitt romney won the first debate. now pundits are also saying that second debate probably won by president obama. whoever wins the third debate, that's the one held tonight, will meet the tigers in the world series. >> that's special. >> all right. "early start" continues right now. >>> last words. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden. but we can't kill our way out of this mess. >>> with two weeks to go and with...
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earlier i talked with brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for mitt romney and janine, driver. one of the exchanges you point out is the exchange over oil production. >> yes. >> let's take a look at that and talk about what we see. >> that's the strategy you need. >> what do you see going on? >> right here. watch. >> that's not what you've done. >> we're doing chopping right here. this chop is pointing towards the president. we get into this debate here. look at this choing. they're looking at each other. now they're in each other's space. this is interesting. when the president stands back up, this is man to man and it's interesting although they're having a debate, anderson, they're not coming across as contentious. there's still the professionalism with both of them here. >> a lot of times the president didn't want to seen to be sitting down when governor romney was addressing him and talking to him. >> we saw the president engage candy quite a bit. he would walk towards candy. we have proximics. >> what are exchanges you point to, one of them was over drilling on public lan
earlier i talked with brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for mitt romney and janine, driver. one of the exchanges you point out is the exchange over oil production. >> yes. >> let's take a look at that and talk about what we see. >> that's the strategy you need. >> what do you see going on? >> right here. watch. >> that's not what you've done. >> we're doing chopping right here. this chop is pointing towards the president. we get into this...
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so i thought that was a good debate in many respects for governor romney. probably the best was reassuring, he was thoughtful and knowledgeable and showed he's ready to be commander in chief. >> i was doing the focus group in orlando which meant a really long drive late last night after the debate and one of the focus group people, actually a couple of them were saying that they felt, it struck them that governor romney agreed with president obama a lot. a number of times during the debate. i want to play a few chunks of that first. >> i felt the same as the president did. i want to underscore that the same point the president made. the president was right to up the usage of that technology. >> there have been times, governor, frankly, during the course of this campaign where it sounded like you thought that you'd do the same things we did, but you'd say them louder. >> so, is that problematic? when you have both campaigns that have said there are clear differences. this is how you're basically being attacked by a fly here. this is, you know, there are clea
so i thought that was a good debate in many respects for governor romney. probably the best was reassuring, he was thoughtful and knowledgeable and showed he's ready to be commander in chief. >> i was doing the focus group in orlando which meant a really long drive late last night after the debate and one of the focus group people, actually a couple of them were saying that they felt, it struck them that governor romney agreed with president obama a lot. a number of times during the...
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romney is the greatest debater. chris christie, the governor of the new jersey says this yesterday. i will play the clip. >> we have a candidate that's going do extraordinarily well wednesday might and willy what out his vision for america and contrast what his view is and what the president's record is. the president's view for the future. and this whole race is going to be turned upside down on thursday morning. >> wow. what a bold prection that is by the republican governor of new jersey. what do you think? >> god bless him. you know, everybody has to spin -- as -- spin doctors, we lie for a living. we really ramp up the lies the we of the debate. you pretend -- barack obama is not very smart, not a very good debater. baloney. i like fact the governor, he is stating the obvious which is true. that it is a narrow race but there is a solid but narrow lead for the president. it means this is at least one, maybe one of the last, very big moments that mitt romney can change that. i don't know that the prediction is ri
romney is the greatest debater. chris christie, the governor of the new jersey says this yesterday. i will play the clip. >> we have a candidate that's going do extraordinarily well wednesday might and willy what out his vision for america and contrast what his view is and what the president's record is. the president's view for the future. and this whole race is going to be turned upside down on thursday morning. >> wow. what a bold prection that is by the republican governor of...
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wednesday's debate. >> we've expected all along that governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any candidate in history. >> president obama is a very -- he's a very gifted speaker. the man's been on the national stage for many years. he's an experienced debater. he's done these kinds of debates before. this is mitt's first time on this kind of a stage. >> reporter: ryan's words echoed a memo from romney adviser beth myers who said the president was widely regarded as one of the most talented political communicators in modern history. myers even pointed to a cnn/orc poll showing a 25-point advantage for obama on who voters think will win the debates. the obama camp likes to remind voters the president hasn't had as much time to prepare for the debates because he's busy being commander in chief. when it comes to just how much debates matter, it depends. >> most often debates don't make that big a difference. very few candidates ever win an election with a debate. but quite a few have lost an election with a debate. so it can matter. >> reporter: these matc
wednesday's debate. >> we've expected all along that governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any candidate in history. >> president obama is a very -- he's a very gifted speaker. the man's been on the national stage for many years. he's an experienced debater. he's done these kinds of debates before. this is mitt's first time on this kind of a stage. >> reporter: ryan's words echoed a memo from romney adviser beth myers who said the president was widely...
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he's an excellent debater. i've moderated four republican debates with mitt romney. he's an excellent debater, as well. i'm really looking forward to seeing how they do head to head in october in these three presidential debates. let me ask you about the vice presidential debates. a lot of people are looking forward to paul ryan versus joe biden. >> that will be very lively and it ends up being a more important debate for paul ryan than joe biden. nobody is going to change their mind because of joe biden. they already accepted him once as vice president. paul ryan has the most to win and the most to lose. he's the new guy on the block and he doesn't have to win the debate, he just has to be acceptable in the debate. he has to be someone that people can say, okay, this is a man we can accept as president of the united states, if god forbid something happens and i think paul can easily do that. he could be the single smartest guy in the race in terms of knowledge of the intricacies of government. >> joe biden is pretty wankish, as well. that's going to be an excellent
he's an excellent debater. i've moderated four republican debates with mitt romney. he's an excellent debater, as well. i'm really looking forward to seeing how they do head to head in october in these three presidential debates. let me ask you about the vice presidential debates. a lot of people are looking forward to paul ryan versus joe biden. >> that will be very lively and it ends up being a more important debate for paul ryan than joe biden. nobody is going to change their mind...
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if romney was to win that debate comfortably, it would be game over. >> yes, tonight's debate doesn't matter as much, last week's debate made. but a certain kind of element and momentum is forming. and if, say, joe biden had a miserable night and we had a couple of other days about the news stories on what happened to the obama administration, if they lost their mojo or moves, it could be -- one doesn't think -- >> and i like the guy and his yle. he could have a brilliant debate. my prediction is, he is going to win. however, he has not done public interviews for five months. >> he has been keeping a low profile, but he has an advantage, everybody is talking about what a skilled debater ryan is, there are polls out saying he has a much higher approval rating. there is so much pressure on him to beat joe biden, that if joe biden comes out, he kind of wins. >> joe biden became a senator when paul ryan was three years old, i read. isn't that amazing? and let's play a clip from bill clinton, this was from last night. i thought he hit the nail on the head on how the democrats are perceivin
if romney was to win that debate comfortably, it would be game over. >> yes, tonight's debate doesn't matter as much, last week's debate made. but a certain kind of element and momentum is forming. and if, say, joe biden had a miserable night and we had a couple of other days about the news stories on what happened to the obama administration, if they lost their mojo or moves, it could be -- one doesn't think -- >> and i like the guy and his yle. he could have a brilliant debate. my...
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i talked to brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for governor romney and author of "you can't lie to me." one of the exchanges you point out, there was a lot of heat last night. one is the exchange over oil production. let's take a look at that. >> that's the strategy you need. that's what we're going to do. >> what do you see going on? >> right here, watch -- >> that's not what you've done -- >> this is chopping. this chop is pointing towards the president. we'll get into this debate. look at all this chopping. looking at each other and now in each other's space. this interesting. when the president stands back up, this is like man-to-man. it's interesting. although they're having this debate, they're not coming across as contempt. it's like two brothers who have a disagreement and still that professionalism with both of them here. >> it seemed like a lot of times the president didn't want to be seen sitting down when governor romney was addressing him and talking to him. >> and the president would engage candy. when we're less than 18 inches n someone's personal zone, we see
i talked to brett o'donnell, a former debate strategist for governor romney and author of "you can't lie to me." one of the exchanges you point out, there was a lot of heat last night. one is the exchange over oil production. let's take a look at that. >> that's the strategy you need. that's what we're going to do. >> what do you see going on? >> right here, watch -- >> that's not what you've done -- >> this is chopping. this chop is pointing towards the...
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this will be the first of eight romney debates in in the presidential debate contacts. and there are a bunch of other candidates, voters i don't know too much about. president senator, michele bachmann, a congresswoman from iowa, herman cain, they're known in the conservative circles, but they're not known widely among the republicans. one person who won't be on stage but we think is seriously considering running for president, rick perry. a governor. rick perry, some say, will benefit from the fact that newt gich rng's campaign has impolodd at that's time. the reason, two of gingrich's aides, they're very close to perry. only 40% of republicps would like to see him run for the n nominati nomination. good thing for rick perry that social folks dp tea party fols z like him. >> fascinating to watch, fascinating to see the first impression all of the candidates make on monday. tune in to cnn monday night, 8:00, seven candidates sharing their thoughts, their ideas, with cnn's john king moderatinm. >> international headlines here. this is san fbi wanted poster. the man sough
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. >>> and republican mitt romney, mixing political rallies with debate prep this weekend. he has an event later this hour in lebanon, ohio, a few hours ago he went after president obama over the economy at a rally in portsmouth, romney spent the afternoon in a session getting ready for the tuesday's presidential debate. i want to show you something, the least used street sign in american history. show it for me, shuttle cro crossing. whoever made that sign waited a long time to use it. but you know, it sure came in handy today in los angeles. this is what we're talking about. space shuttle "endeavour," the workhorse space craft which zoomed through space 25 times making its final journey right now. and it is super, super slow. two cnn work horses are watching this story, the surreal moment, in time. our john zarrella, first to you, where is the shuttle now? and how fast are we moving? is it still two miles an hour, or even slower? >> reporter: yeah, actually, and before that, i have to get us a couple of those signs, that is great. but it is actually moving less than two m
. >>> and republican mitt romney, mixing political rallies with debate prep this weekend. he has an event later this hour in lebanon, ohio, a few hours ago he went after president obama over the economy at a rally in portsmouth, romney spent the afternoon in a session getting ready for the tuesday's presidential debate. i want to show you something, the least used street sign in american history. show it for me, shuttle cro crossing. whoever made that sign waited a long time to use it....
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two bad debates could be loses the war. >> reporter: romney has enjoyed a post-debate bounce in the polls and a boost of confidence on the campaign trail. >> there's more flrg and passion. people are getting behind this campaign. >> at a town hall without a podium and with audience interaction, the campaign's style and body language can take on added weight. commentators said bill clinton walking toward the audience to answer a question about the recession highlighted his ability to connect with the voters. >> can we focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud? >> reporter: analysts say the format could be good for the president. >> he will absolutely be able to draw from that energy, from the energy of the public and the crowd. >> reporter: as for romney. >> one of his big challenges during this entire campaign has been not being aible to connect with the common man and woman and child. he's got to be able to come across as corrennecting, as genuine, as caring. >> the stakes couldn't be higher. athena jones, cnn, washington. >> you can see the second presidential debate liv
two bad debates could be loses the war. >> reporter: romney has enjoyed a post-debate bounce in the polls and a boost of confidence on the campaign trail. >> there's more flrg and passion. people are getting behind this campaign. >> at a town hall without a podium and with audience interaction, the campaign's style and body language can take on added weight. commentators said bill clinton walking toward the audience to answer a question about the recession highlighted his...
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mitt romney had the permanent smile on the last debate. when the president is saying if you're 55 and 56 years old, listen up, this matters on your health care system and mitt romney had a permanent smile. >> there was a town hall exchange in 2004 between senator kerry and president bush. let's watch that. because president bush got very vocal. >> mr. president, let's extend for a minute. >> i got to aner this. >> exactly. with reservists being held on duty -- >> let me answer what he just said -- >> well, i want to get into the issue. >> you tell tony blair we're going alone. tell tony blair we're going alone. tell berlusconi we're going alone. >> i love this clip. i will tell you what i like about it. the rule of thumb with our gestures, our gestures should be within the frame of our body. when we get bigger, we can do that when we're talking to a bigger audience. when we see george bush, he takes his hand out, he's saying this is a big issue right here, i need to address what just happened. he puts that hand out and then he continues to
mitt romney had the permanent smile on the last debate. when the president is saying if you're 55 and 56 years old, listen up, this matters on your health care system and mitt romney had a permanent smile. >> there was a town hall exchange in 2004 between senator kerry and president bush. let's watch that. because president bush got very vocal. >> mr. president, let's extend for a minute. >> i got to aner this. >> exactly. with reservists being held on duty -- >>...
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while the president and mitt romney are getting ready for the debate, first lady michelle obama is speaking out on voting rights. she spoke at the professional black caucus gala last night about the importance of protecting the right to vote. >> we all get a say in our democracy no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we love. so we cannot let anyone discourage us from casting our ballots. we cannot let anyone make us feel unwelcome in the voting booth. >> now, the first lady didn't specifically refer to it, but there is an election battle brewing right now over americans' access to the voting booth. a lot of states have passed laws that many people say could make it harder to vote. those laws could be game changers come november. joe john shows us how. >> reporter: in the past two years, almost every state in the country has introduced or passed some kind of restriction or change to the voting laws. 41 out of 50 states since the last mid-term election. we're talking about all kinds of changes to the voting laws here, for early voting, voting registration, absen
while the president and mitt romney are getting ready for the debate, first lady michelle obama is speaking out on voting rights. she spoke at the professional black caucus gala last night about the importance of protecting the right to vote. >> we all get a say in our democracy no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we love. so we cannot let anyone discourage us from casting our ballots. we cannot let anyone make us feel unwelcome in the voting booth....
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romney campaign surrogate. debated romney himself in the 2008 campaign. nice to have you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> talk about how you think a version 2.0 is going to go? we've heard from the administration's side i think the word they've used is more engaged or aggressive. >> passionate. >> passionate was the word. >> it's a different debate. it's going to be very interesting to compare them. very, very different. mostly audience questions. i don't know how -- how aggressive you can get in a debate like that. probably you're going to see a performance like joe biden. if that had been an audience thing they'd have wondered what he was laughing at. i think mitt romney will be very, very good. as you said, i debated mitt 11 times. i've watched him debate another 20 times. he's always good. sometimes he's great as he was last time. he's never bad. we know he's going to have a very steady to a very, very good performance. the president's more of a question. the last performance was really troubling. it's the reason i think these poms ha polls have go
romney campaign surrogate. debated romney himself in the 2008 campaign. nice to have you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> talk about how you think a version 2.0 is going to go? we've heard from the administration's side i think the word they've used is more engaged or aggressive. >> passionate. >> passionate was the word. >> it's a different debate. it's going to be very interesting to compare them. very, very different. mostly audience questions. i don't know...
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mitt romney, he survived this debate unscathed. he's yet to suffer a kind of campaign altering blunder that national televised debates like these tend to encourage. so he seems steadily on top of the pack and is showing prom nice stapromise in states like north carolina but others are trying to make their way to the top as well. >> shauna shepherd, thank you so much coming to us from columbia, south carolina. >>> while they take types at president obama, the president is talking trade and jobs now. he's at the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in hawaii. and mr. obama is pushing for a new free trade agreement, the transpacific partnership. it would include the u.s. and nine other countries and cover about one-third of the global economy. president obama says it would create jobs in the u.s. >> this is where the action is going to be. if we're going to not just double our export but make sure that good jobs are created here in the united states, then we're going to have to continue to expand our trade opportunities and econom
mitt romney, he survived this debate unscathed. he's yet to suffer a kind of campaign altering blunder that national televised debates like these tend to encourage. so he seems steadily on top of the pack and is showing prom nice stapromise in states like north carolina but others are trying to make their way to the top as well. >> shauna shepherd, thank you so much coming to us from columbia, south carolina. >>> while they take types at president obama, the president is talking...
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for weeks mitt romney has cruised through don't after debate. sort of letting rick perry and herman cain take all the abu, b abuse but that changed in last night's cnn debate. >> anderson -- would you please wait. >> reporter: a wild west shoot-out on the las vegas strip and at times felt like rick perry's last stand with an urgent strategy to take down mitt romney. >> you hired illegals, in your home, and you knew about it for a year, and the idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you're strong on immigration is on its face the height of hypocrisy. >> reporter: romney wasn't laughing for long. >> are you just going to keep talking? >> a tough couple of debates for rick. >> reporter: civil discourse was out the window. this was the first gop debate to get personal. >> we hired a law company to mow our lown, and they had illegal immigrants. so we're working there. you have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking and i suggest that if you want to become president of the united states you've got to let both people speak.
for weeks mitt romney has cruised through don't after debate. sort of letting rick perry and herman cain take all the abu, b abuse but that changed in last night's cnn debate. >> anderson -- would you please wait. >> reporter: a wild west shoot-out on the las vegas strip and at times felt like rick perry's last stand with an urgent strategy to take down mitt romney. >> you hired illegals, in your home, and you knew about it for a year, and the idea that you stand here before...
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mitt romney was very aggressive in the presidential debate, and some people said it was bordering on rude. but guess what? he won that debate. you may think that joe biden was rude, but that's all part of the process. what's wrong with that when you're in a debate? >> well, people are rude. so you drew a correlation how people are in real life and people are rude in real life, don. that's not necessarily a net positive. look, joe biden did dominate the debate, but he motivated both bases, the left and the right. the question is, how that rudeness might have played off with independents. i want to say one more thing that we might confused about what the word authentic means. i believe joe biden is authentic. but that doesn't mean unimpeachable or truthful. authentic and truthful are not interchangeable. when he carried it on to say they believe what joe biden says, i'm not sure that's a connection. they believe he is that guy, but not necessarily they believe everything he says. >> but the same thing about mitt romney, exactly that was a criticism on the left, is that he wasn't tellin
mitt romney was very aggressive in the presidential debate, and some people said it was bordering on rude. but guess what? he won that debate. you may think that joe biden was rude, but that's all part of the process. what's wrong with that when you're in a debate? >> well, people are rude. so you drew a correlation how people are in real life and people are rude in real life, don. that's not necessarily a net positive. look, joe biden did dominate the debate, but he motivated both bases,...
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mitt romney still getting post debate bounce. you can't say any more that debates don't matter. the new cnn poll, poll of polls, mitt romney has a slight lead with likely voters, 48% to 47%. his performance certainly showed that you can't say it doesn't matter anymore. there is no bigger swing state than ohio, where you are. >> reporter: the history tells you no republican has ever been elected president without winning the state of ohio. can you do the math and have romney win without this state? yes. is it likely? no. before the debate some polls had him down as many as nine points in ohio. new cnn poll row leased last night has him down four, 51-47. another group, american research group show ed romney up a point in ohio. no question. just like in the national polls, a bit of a boost. romney is up in the suburbs, up among independents. there's signs of strength here from romney, we can tell you there are a few soft spots he needs to work on. >> john king in ohio, covering the debates as well. thank you very much. watch live coverage of the debate tomorrow night, 7:00 eastern.
mitt romney still getting post debate bounce. you can't say any more that debates don't matter. the new cnn poll, poll of polls, mitt romney has a slight lead with likely voters, 48% to 47%. his performance certainly showed that you can't say it doesn't matter anymore. there is no bigger swing state than ohio, where you are. >> reporter: the history tells you no republican has ever been elected president without winning the state of ohio. can you do the math and have romney win without...
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i think that's a really important piece of this debate for romney. >> ultimately, president obama was -- i think the challenges are somewhat different. romney does have a challenge of cutting into the president's base. if you look at the poll right now, one story that's simple in this election is that the groups that were skeptical of obama to begin, primarily blue collar whites and senior whites, have been moving generally somewhat further away from him in this election than they were in 2008. if you look at the polling consistently, we have a pell out this week, the fwrupz that were strong for obama, romney is not cutting into. i think that's largely a function of choices he made in the primary on social issues that are hurting him with upscale white women and hispanics. but you look at three key pillars, young people, minoties, and college educated whites, especially women, he is returning very close to his '08 numbers among those groups, which were enough for a majority. so the challenge for romney ultimately, he has more, i think, necessity to reach out beyond where he is than th
i think that's a really important piece of this debate for romney. >> ultimately, president obama was -- i think the challenges are somewhat different. romney does have a challenge of cutting into the president's base. if you look at the poll right now, one story that's simple in this election is that the groups that were skeptical of obama to begin, primarily blue collar whites and senior whites, have been moving generally somewhat further away from him in this election than they were in...
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you know, the president has held his third debate with governor romney, and i had my one debate with congressman ryan. [ cheering ] my only regret is we didn't have three. folks, look, look, as the president pointed out and it's become clear after these four debates that the president has exposed that these debates have exposed that governor romney and paul ryan as the president said have a foreign policy throughout the 1980s. the cold war is over. social policy out of the 1950s, and the president said and economic policy out of the 1930 20s. look, folks, the difference in our policies now are profound and they're clearly differences. but they have a different value set. they come at this from a different direction than we do. governor romney is rushing to agree with president obama on iraq. afghanistan. syria. disavowing the foreign policy he has been running on for the past two years. literally, i don't know whether you saw john stewart. did you see john stewart's show? >> he was finishing his sentences. it is really amazing. you know, i don't know what happened we call that conver
you know, the president has held his third debate with governor romney, and i had my one debate with congressman ryan. [ cheering ] my only regret is we didn't have three. folks, look, look, as the president pointed out and it's become clear after these four debates that the president has exposed that these debates have exposed that governor romney and paul ryan as the president said have a foreign policy throughout the 1980s. the cold war is over. social policy out of the 1950s, and the...
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in the romney debate senator ted kennedy back in 1994. yeah, you're right. we've seen some reporting on this that, you know, mitt romney is doing a lot of preparation on this for this debate. maybe focussing on zingers and one-liners, and also the campaign says what mitt romney really wants to do on wednesday night where the two candidates showed down and show that choice between what mitt romney would do in the white house over the next four years or what president obama would do if re-elected. >> poeshltyly. nine out of the ten key battleground states. now romney has actually -- he has debated almost 20 times in the primary season. how does he actually change people's impression of him? particularly his likability factor. >> and we've seen that he has a little bit of a deficit, yovrl, when it comes to likability, when it comes to his favorable and unfavorable numbers compared to the president in a lot of these polls. yeah, i think part of -- a little bit of what he is going to try to do is show more of the human face, and we've seen him try to do that on t
in the romney debate senator ted kennedy back in 1994. yeah, you're right. we've seen some reporting on this that, you know, mitt romney is doing a lot of preparation on this for this debate. maybe focussing on zingers and one-liners, and also the campaign says what mitt romney really wants to do on wednesday night where the two candidates showed down and show that choice between what mitt romney would do in the white house over the next four years or what president obama would do if...
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mitt romney is also hunkered down for debate prep as well. obviously, both of them knowing this is their last debate before the election, basically wting to, again, win. who is going to win the debate. also trying to score some points off each other and make their last major big appeal to americans to vote for them. we know it will be devoted entirely to foreign policy and national security. an area that doesn't rate as highly in terms as jobs and the economy for americans, but again, another chance for both candidates to try and make appeals to the voters. >> a lot of people will be watching. shannon travis, thanks for the update. >> it's not the candidates who are just doing all the talking. there are also some influential newspapers making their choices. the denver post is throwing its weight behind president obama. the newspaper published an op-ed on friday writing that the president has shown that, quote, he is a steady leader who keeps the interests of a broad array of americans in mind. the newspaper said that his opponent, mitt romney
mitt romney is also hunkered down for debate prep as well. obviously, both of them knowing this is their last debate before the election, basically wting to, again, win. who is going to win the debate. also trying to score some points off each other and make their last major big appeal to americans to vote for them. we know it will be devoted entirely to foreign policy and national security. an area that doesn't rate as highly in terms as jobs and the economy for americans, but again, another...
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the president and mitt romney, will the president really go on the offensive unlike the first debate? will he really go after mitt romney on some of these foreign policy issues and the third and final presidential debate is close to the entirely quoted to national security and foreign policy and the next debate, the town hall meeting, that candy crowley will be moderating on domestic issues, other issues presumably somebody once asked a foreign policy question and the third debate strictly foreign policy and as a result romney is preparing for the second, especially the third debate right now and i think the speech that he is delivering today is part of that. in delivering a major foreign policy address like he is today, laying out his vision for the united states around the world during the romney administration, he really has to beef up on a lot of these issues. while he has a lot of experience on domestic economic issues and the social issues and the political issues, his experience in national security and foreign policy is not vast. he has to bone up on this and this is an area w
the president and mitt romney, will the president really go on the offensive unlike the first debate? will he really go after mitt romney on some of these foreign policy issues and the third and final presidential debate is close to the entirely quoted to national security and foreign policy and the next debate, the town hall meeting, that candy crowley will be moderating on domestic issues, other issues presumably somebody once asked a foreign policy question and the third debate strictly...
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we're calling it the debate before the debate. >> the romney-ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle class families with a child one or more children by additional $2,000 a year. no, no. all kidding aside. without the boos. this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes with these tax cuts? >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years is quote buried. we agree. that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. of course the middle class has been buried. they're being buried by regulations, by taxes, being buried by borrowing. they're being buried by the obama administration's economic failures. they've tried the attack on solutions of medicare and social security but they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar by turning medicare in to a piggyback for obama care. we want and need this debate. and when people re
we're calling it the debate before the debate. >> the romney-ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle class families with a child one or more children by additional $2,000 a year. no, no. all kidding aside. without the boos. this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes with these tax cuts? >> vice...
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we know that governor romney has said in the third debate that u.s. is on track to follow greece, that america is the next greece. is this just really hot rhetoric or is it likely? >> it was a wonderful little sound bite, wasn't it? if obama gets elected, u.s. is the next greece. it's just hyperbole the differences between the u.s. and greece are so enormous that it doesn't really bear really fair comparison. not only because the u.s. has got the dollar, which is the world's largest reserve currency and largest market and growing at 2% and employment at 7.8%. all these issues. what the governor is talking about, of course, is debt and deficits. and the very high level of u.s. debt, which at some point is going to have to be addressed. whoever gets elected to the white house, whichever party takes the house and the senate, they are going to have to deal with the debt crisis. >> now, also got a chance to ask richard about his stateside train trip through the u.s. talked to voters from chicago through iowa and utah and california. >> this was brilliant.
we know that governor romney has said in the third debate that u.s. is on track to follow greece, that america is the next greece. is this just really hot rhetoric or is it likely? >> it was a wonderful little sound bite, wasn't it? if obama gets elected, u.s. is the next greece. it's just hyperbole the differences between the u.s. and greece are so enormous that it doesn't really bear really fair comparison. not only because the u.s. has got the dollar, which is the world's largest...
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in these mock debate sessions that each camp has, they have -- the president or mitt romney sitting next to the person playing their opponent and moderator tossing questions. not so with the town hall, they have people asking questions as if they're voters. what everybody who i talked to who have prepped candidates, john mccain four years ago, george w. bush and president obama as well, what everybody says, the key, especially after that first town hall, 20 years ago, 1992, bill clinton set the bar, he is to connect with the voter asking the question, to really approach them, make a connection, ask them a question back perhaps if it makes sense, not just answer the question and blow them off and move on. that, especially, for somebody like mitt romney, who is trying to sort of shed that out of touch reputation that the democrats have put on him, that that is definitely what he's going to try to focus on big time. >> talk to them, talk to them, not talk at them. dana bash, we thank you. we will see you a little later for sure. we were talking about the numbers, the numbers show how neck a
in these mock debate sessions that each camp has, they have -- the president or mitt romney sitting next to the person playing their opponent and moderator tossing questions. not so with the town hall, they have people asking questions as if they're voters. what everybody who i talked to who have prepped candidates, john mccain four years ago, george w. bush and president obama as well, what everybody says, the key, especially after that first town hall, 20 years ago, 1992, bill clinton set the...
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romney in massachusetts prepping for the debate. obama in virginia. it is their last full day to get ready for the big night tomorrow night. a night some say could make or break this year's election. well, the president did take time off. a half hour break this weekend to deliver pizzas to his local campaign field office. but for the most part, he's been holed up and studying as mitt romney was this weekend. mark preston, political editor, joins us now from hofstra university on long island where the candidates will face off. mark, you have so much to tell us. first off explain the format for us. >> reporter: you know, carol, this is something we haven't seen this debate season, certainly in the general election season, i should say. we're actually going to have questions coming directly from audience members. members that were picked by the gallup organization on behalf of the commission on presidential debates. they will be able to question the candidates themselves. also interesting, the candates will be sitting on highcha chai. they'll be able to
romney in massachusetts prepping for the debate. obama in virginia. it is their last full day to get ready for the big night tomorrow night. a night some say could make or break this year's election. well, the president did take time off. a half hour break this weekend to deliver pizzas to his local campaign field office. but for the most part, he's been holed up and studying as mitt romney was this weekend. mark preston, political editor, joins us now from hofstra university on long island...
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president obama, mitt romney getting ready for that debate. new polls show the race is getting even tighter. this morning we're going to talk to mark mckinnon from the no labels campaign. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani will be my guest. delaware governor jack markell will join us. also the pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the taliban now heads to england for her medical care. got a live report straight ahead from islamabad. and the presidential election means gold, comedy gold. "saturday night live" of course. late night laughs, as well. take a look at how it works, what makes a successful political comedy. all that and much more ahead at 7:00. >> and thank you so much. zoraida? >> fearless felix baumgartner living up to his name. the austrian daredevil going where no skydiver has gone before. shattering records with a death-defying jump from 24 miles up, falling faster than the speed of sound. cnn's brian todd watched it all unfold. >> with a heart-pounding hop into the stratosphere, felix baumgartner makes history. he
president obama, mitt romney getting ready for that debate. new polls show the race is getting even tighter. this morning we're going to talk to mark mckinnon from the no labels campaign. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani will be my guest. delaware governor jack markell will join us. also the pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the taliban now heads to england for her medical care. got a live report straight ahead from islamabad. and the presidential election means gold,...
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. >> we'll have more highlights from the debate in just about ten minutes. >>> mitt romney was also a favorite target at that debate. but the front-runner held off several attacks, keeping the focus on jobs and the economy. the former massachusetts governor got a huge boost a few hours before the start of the debate in the form of an endorsement from new jersey governor chris christie. >> it's been really in the end an easy decision for me. i know that america needs a new course, and i want it to be with the person who i believe will be the best person to lead america on that course, and that's governor mitt romney. so i'm thrilled to be here today, mitt. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> you may remember that just last week christie announced that he would not run for the white house next year. >>> the occupy wall street protesters plan more demonstrations in new york's final district today. they were out in force yesterday marching uptown to the neighborhoods of the super-rich. joining the protesters were several union groups. some of the homes they marched past including those
. >> we'll have more highlights from the debate in just about ten minutes. >>> mitt romney was also a favorite target at that debate. but the front-runner held off several attacks, keeping the focus on jobs and the economy. the former massachusetts governor got a huge boost a few hours before the start of the debate in the form of an endorsement from new jersey governor chris christie. >> it's been really in the end an easy decision for me. i know that america needs a new...
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president obama and governor mitt romney face off in their second debate tuesday. a town hall moderated by cnn's candy crowley who says the format presents a unique challenge for the candidates. >> the challenges that they've got to connect not just with the people that are looking into the television and watching them, but to the people that are on the stage with them, some 80 or so undecided voters as chosen by gallop, so they have to keep those folks in mind. it's a much more intimate and up close adventure with voters. >> reporter: president obama is under pressure after his last turn on the debate stage got bad reviews. >> one bad debate is lose aing battle. two bad debates could very well mean he loses the war. >> i think you're going to see a very different president obama this time around. he has to be seen as being aggress i have, but, yet, he can't be seen as being overly aggressive. >> romney has enjoyed a post-debate bounce in national polls, and a boost of confidence on the campaign trail. >> there's more energy and passion. people are getting behind t
president obama and governor mitt romney face off in their second debate tuesday. a town hall moderated by cnn's candy crowley who says the format presents a unique challenge for the candidates. >> the challenges that they've got to connect not just with the people that are looking into the television and watching them, but to the people that are on the stage with them, some 80 or so undecided voters as chosen by gallop, so they have to keep those folks in mind. it's a much more intimate...
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that is proving difficult for him to do which is why in the last debate we've seen romney talk about his family, and his faith and education, and you know talking more about issues that women care about. >> alex, we are seeing some candidates distancing from mourdock i talked to senator mccain today. if he doesn't apologize, does the story continue? >> if there was something underneath it,hen i think the story might continue. it is clear what he meant. he was talking about a baby and life was god's will. not that god's will that a woman be raped. looking at the survey, it is a bit of an outliar. >> one of the things that is happening here, the obama campaign has had a campaign that women are a collection of reproductive parts. as opposed to having enough respect for participating in the economy. they are starting most small businesses in this kun trcountr. i think that is one of the reasons that obama is having a problem increasing problem with the female vote right now. >> let's be honest, both of these campaigns are talking about issues they think women care about right now. women
that is proving difficult for him to do which is why in the last debate we've seen romney talk about his family, and his faith and education, and you know talking more about issues that women care about. >> alex, we are seeing some candidates distancing from mourdock i talked to senator mccain today. if he doesn't apologize, does the story continue? >> if there was something underneath it,hen i think the story might continue. it is clear what he meant. he was talking about a baby...
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after his last debate performance, obama saw a drop in the polls and is now running behind romney. according to gallup/us. today, is now tied with obama among women voters, a group once considered a slam dunk for the president. still obama adviser robert gibbs says oh, no worries. >> we're going to have a chance to talk about governor romney's economic theories that we tried, quite frankly, for eight years and they didn't work too well. they ended up crushing us and leaving us with this economic disaster this we've been trying to dig our way out of for the last four years. >> to dig himself out of this slump, the president will have to score big in tonight's town hall format and connect with the audience. in other words take a page from the bill clinton playbook. >> is your question -- are you suggesting if somebody has means that the national debt doesn't affect them? >> what i'm saying -- >> i'm not sure i get -- help me with the question and i'll try to answer it. >> i have friends that have been laid off from jobs. i know people who cannot afford to pay the mortgage on their ho
after his last debate performance, obama saw a drop in the polls and is now running behind romney. according to gallup/us. today, is now tied with obama among women voters, a group once considered a slam dunk for the president. still obama adviser robert gibbs says oh, no worries. >> we're going to have a chance to talk about governor romney's economic theories that we tried, quite frankly, for eight years and they didn't work too well. they ended up crushing us and leaving us with this...
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i'm guessing governor romney will not send al gore a thank you card. "the arena starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to the program. tonight, an urgent question, just how bad is our economy? one answer came from the ailing stock market today. the dow plunged almost 180 points and it has lost more than 7% of its value in the last two months. there's another powerful indicator of just how bad things are in the american economy. but it's not happening here. it take a look in the streets of athens, greece. riots as more than 20,000 people masked in the streets. protest became violent regarding cutbacks. the greeks continue to struggle with crushing debt. they're in a desperate and perhaps doomed fight to avoid default. police used tear gas to repeal protestors. a frightening scene. what does it mean to us? a lot. another bailout for greece has far-reaching implications in a global economy and the stock market knows it. a default for greece could trigger other european economies to go under. it's all very scary. but perhaps the big
i'm guessing governor romney will not send al gore a thank you card. "the arena starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to the program. tonight, an urgent question, just how bad is our economy? one answer came from the ailing stock market today. the dow plunged almost 180 points and it has lost more than 7% of its value in the last two months. there's another powerful indicator of just how bad things are in the american economy. but it's not happening here....
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even giving president obama and mitt romney tips on their next debate. their advice? stick to the issues. >>> good-bye 55. more and more states up the speed limit despite more traffic fatalities. the question is, why? >>> 30 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom." we're just seconds away from the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. u.s. stocks set for a lower open at the new trading week begins. investors aren't really optimistic about a report on asia's economic outlook. executives from the security company adt are ringing the opening bell this morning. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez thanking supporters and celebrating another victory. the leftist leader defeated his more moderate opponent to stay in office for six more years. chavez, who's been a vocal critic of the united states, as you know, he's often aligned himself with controversial world leaders. >>> with gas prices nearing $5 a gallon in california the governor is now getting involved. governor jerry brown has ordered
even giving president obama and mitt romney tips on their next debate. their advice? stick to the issues. >>> good-bye 55. more and more states up the speed limit despite more traffic fatalities. the question is, why? >>> 30 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom." we're just seconds away from the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. u.s. stocks set for a lower open at the new trading...
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romney's not going to try to bring it up in the debate. nor will president obama because the moment you do, you have opened the door for your opponent to actually you out. so, responsibility's going to rest on the debate moderator, who is not going to do it, but again, what people are saying is can i get somebody to tell me the truth? you can cross words all you want to, but there are some things called undeniable truth. so no matter how you want to dance around it, some things are very clear. >> there's also such a thing as throwi throwing things against the wall and that is what the obama campaign has been effective at doing and the romney campaign hasn't been. >> the romney campaign, they have been -- i can show you the proof. go to our website. again, you have campaigns -- >> check up on after the fact. >> my point, you said earlier -- i said absolutely. if you have that many eyeballs watching and this is -- >> we can go back and hear the the transcript. i said it's subjective and unclear and you can manipulate late the process. >> so
romney's not going to try to bring it up in the debate. nor will president obama because the moment you do, you have opened the door for your opponent to actually you out. so, responsibility's going to rest on the debate moderator, who is not going to do it, but again, what people are saying is can i get somebody to tell me the truth? you can cross words all you want to, but there are some things called undeniable truth. so no matter how you want to dance around it, some things are very clear....
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what about mitt romney? he won debate number two? you think he goes in with the same game plan or what? >> i think what mitt romney has to do is more of the same. i think what he did in first debate was make himself acceptable to certain people who may have had doubts about it. i mean, you can't fire the president unless you believe that the person who is running against him would be an acceptable president. and i think mitt romney crossed that threshold if you look at the polls. he's also got one other thing he's got do, brooke, every poll you take people say that mitt romney doesn't understand their problems. or doesn't understand the problems of the middle class. and mitt romney loses to the president by two to one, three to one. this is a town hall. he has to try and make it clear to the people in that room and to the people watching that he understands what they're going through, and that he has a plan to rescue them if they feel they're in a really big rut. >> talking to, talking with, not talking at. >> exactly. exactly. >> we
what about mitt romney? he won debate number two? you think he goes in with the same game plan or what? >> i think what mitt romney has to do is more of the same. i think what he did in first debate was make himself acceptable to certain people who may have had doubts about it. i mean, you can't fire the president unless you believe that the person who is running against him would be an acceptable president. and i think mitt romney crossed that threshold if you look at the polls. he's...
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tried to go after mitt romney near the end of this debate and one point said mitt romney supported obama care and just a clear moment when rick perry did not have his facts together. that was an inaccurate statement. so you know, more than getting to the substance of the issues, what we saw tonight was a bad night for rick perry, really stumbled through a lot of moments in this debate, it is possible it is probably probable that the audience picked up noon, candy. >> jim acosta in orlando tonight. thanks so much, jim. >>> former texas congressman dick armey is a key leader in the tea party mom. . give us your overall impression how you think tonight went. >> of course, as an activist in this movement nope as the tea party movement, grassroots activism for constitutional -- on government, my biggest impression that was it was so interesting that our folks had framed the narrative and debate for the previous election and they pretty well have captured the narrative on this election. virtually everybody on the same is playing out of the song book. the government is too big, too sloppy, time
tried to go after mitt romney near the end of this debate and one point said mitt romney supported obama care and just a clear moment when rick perry did not have his facts together. that was an inaccurate statement. so you know, more than getting to the substance of the issues, what we saw tonight was a bad night for rick perry, really stumbled through a lot of moments in this debate, it is possible it is probably probable that the audience picked up noon, candy. >> jim acosta in orlando...
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, one vice presidential debate. the republicans have a ton of money. the polls go up and go down. there's still an opportunity for mitt romney to come back, right, lauren? >> i agree that there is the opportunity for mitt romney to come back. but the media won't leave him alone. they won't let go of what they are calling gaffes. and no one is really focusing on policy issues. that is the problem. >> but the 47% is a policy issue. and you have to be able to hit major league pitching if you're a presidential candidate. >> guys, thanks as usual for coming in. >>> here's a question was jesus married? an ancient scrapbook reignites one of history's biggest debates. ters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're
, one vice presidential debate. the republicans have a ton of money. the polls go up and go down. there's still an opportunity for mitt romney to come back, right, lauren? >> i agree that there is the opportunity for mitt romney to come back. but the media won't leave him alone. they won't let go of what they are calling gaffes. and no one is really focusing on policy issues. that is the problem. >> but the 47% is a policy issue. and you have to be able to hit major league pitching...
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after our debate last night, romney aides complained aggressively their candidate was cheated on time. not true. not even close. ro romney was asked more questions and trailed gingrich on the time clock. team romney complains jon huntsman got so much time. truth is, though, huntsman didn't get so much time. he was sixth of the eight candidates on the time clock. it was clear, team romney didn't like this exchange. >> the commanders of the ground feel that we should bring down our surge troops by december of 2012 and bring down all of our troops other than perhaps 10,000 or so by the end of 2014. the decision to pull our troops out before that they believe, would put at risk the extraordinary investment of treasure and blood which has been sacrificed by the american military. >> just about the generals on the ground, listen, i think it's important for the american people to know we have achieves very important objectives in raising standards in afghanistan and helping to build civil society. at the end of the day the president of the united states is commander in chief. commander in ch
after our debate last night, romney aides complained aggressively their candidate was cheated on time. not true. not even close. ro romney was asked more questions and trailed gingrich on the time clock. team romney complains jon huntsman got so much time. truth is, though, huntsman didn't get so much time. he was sixth of the eight candidates on the time clock. it was clear, team romney didn't like this exchange. >> the commanders of the ground feel that we should bring down our surge...
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>> my question is this is three debates and romney has systematically moved to the center and this one was startling. the surge in afghanistan worked. he is the peace candidate and wants to fund civil society. obama just thinks he can shoot his way against al qaeda. i am wondering is there anything in the republican base or are they determined to beat obama? i am wondering at what point do people say this is what we fear and this guy is a liberal moderate from massachusetts. >> weren't they previously attacking the administration for dropping mubarak too soon? governor romney said it was the right thing to do. >> he said in syria before he said there should be a no drive zone, he said no troops on the ground. you go through with iran and he said there should be no bilateral talks and now there should be talks. you look at that and you can say well, that proves maybe that's a good thing. >> then i guess we can disqualify barack obama because he was against terror suspects before he was govern it and was going to close, but he didn't. most of the guys -- >> i'm getting some e-mails tonig
>> my question is this is three debates and romney has systematically moved to the center and this one was startling. the surge in afghanistan worked. he is the peace candidate and wants to fund civil society. obama just thinks he can shoot his way against al qaeda. i am wondering is there anything in the republican base or are they determined to beat obama? i am wondering at what point do people say this is what we fear and this guy is a liberal moderate from massachusetts. >>...